The Duck Thread

[Pyxis]

Whoops, I am so behind! I fell behind on reading with all the stuff going on over here. My two WH boys from Holderread are looking good. Still no adult voices although they are approaching full grown, lol. One more egg quit in the bator, but it was one with a detached air cell so I'm not surprised. Still, eleven shipped eggs out of 13 still trucking along is nothing to sneeze at! And I have two pekin female ducklings coming from a friend's hatchery order so that Hershey can have more girlfriends too.

 

[JadeComputerGal]

Whoops, I am so behind! I fell behind on reading with all the stuff going on over here. My two WH boys from Holderread are looking good. Still no adult voices although they are approaching full grown, lol. One more egg quit in the bator, but it was one with a detached air cell so I'm not surprised. Still, eleven shipped eggs out of 13 still trucking along is nothing to sneeze at! And I have two pekin female ducklings coming from a friend's hatchery order so that Hershey can have more girlfriends too.

That is a very, very good ratio for shipped eggs. You must be doing something right.

 

[JadeComputerGal]

It's a baby Chickadee in my hand. I rescued it out of a neighbors yard after it fell out of its nest. And it isn't a dumb question, I assure you -- many other people have asked me.

Ah. Thanks! I had a serious, "I'VE GOT TO HAVE ONE OF WHATEVER THAT IS!" moment when I saw that.

 

[Frindizzle]

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XD I totally melted when I saw it. I actually named it Arnold before I put it back.

 

[Julie Birb]

Awe, Arnold made it OK then. So sweet you helped him.

 

[Pyxis]

You guys don't might if I rant for a minute, do you? I made a thread for this in the Random Ramblings section but it's always nice to vent to friends

I've been selling eggs on eBay. I had read accounts of egg sellers getting burned and I probably should have known better after reading threads like this one, but there's really no other place to reach such a large customer base so I went ahead and did it. I hadn't had any problems until recently, when my last two buyers didn't pay. Now, eggs are time sensitive, of course, so I opened an upaid item case (my eBay account is set up to do it automatically after two days go by and I'm not paid).

The first buyer finally pays five days after the auction closes. Now the eggs that I had set aside and ready to ship for them, had they paid when the auction closed like it said to in my auction, couldn't be sent any more, they were too old. So I had to throw them all out. Obviously I can't send eggs I don't have, so I had to wait till the birds laid new eggs to send. While waiting (I had sent two messages to the buyer at this point, the first one asking for payment, the second explaining the situation, and gotten no reply) I received feedback for eggs she hadn't even received from me yet, calling me impatient but saying that the eggs were great. Now, I'm not impatient, firstly. Her delayed payment caused me to have to throw out 14 eggs I would have otherwise sold. Secondly, I hadn't even shipped the eggs yet, so obviously she was leaving me feedback for eggs she bought from someone else. I sent her a message telling her this, again got no reply. Finally got the eggs collected and shipped out yesterday and thought that would be the end of it.

Nope. Today she opened an unreceived item case against me. For the eggs I just sent yesterday. That she had tracking info for and could clearly see that they were sent yesterday. Also included was a message that said "havent received , eggs probaly arent good anymore". That was the whole message. So I responded, again telling her what was going on, that they were shipped yesterday, they were fresh, and they will probably arrive tomorrow. Then I included the tracking number in the case for good measure, in case she decides to try to escalate it to eBay support. So now, even though I've done everything right and the whole thing was caused by her not paying on time, I now have to sit and wait and see if she's going to open a case against me.

Oh, and the second buyer still hasn't paid. If they haven't paid by Tuesday I can close the case against them and be fine, but they have until then to pay, thanks to eBay making you wait at least four days after the first two days you have to wait before you can even open the case. If they pay, I have to send eggs. After already having to throw out the first ones I had set aside.

Phew. Feels good to get that off my chest.

 

[jtn42248]

@Pyxis while I have not dealt with Ebay I did once do some research thinking I might. My decision was that they are a really good idea except for any time sensitive items. They do try to be fair to all parties involved but their rules also create situations like yours where you could end up being the one that looks bad to buyers.

I finally chose to do everything locally and let things fall where they may. I would rather end up giving my eggs to charity, which I do, than to have to deal with that sort of headache

And, feel free to vent anytime.

 

[Pyxis]

@Pyxis
 while I have not dealt with Ebay I did once do some research thinking I might. My decision was that they are a really good idea except for any time sensitive items. They do try to be fair to all parties involved but their rules also create situations like yours where you could end up being the one that looks bad to buyers.

I finally chose to do everything locally and let things fall where they may. I would rather end up giving my eggs to charity, which I do, than to have to deal with that sort of headache

And, feel free to vent anytime.

Thanks Yeah, I think I'm done selling on there. I have one more auction that needs to end (hopefully nothing will go wrong with that one) and then I'm going to keep everything on here, local, or on RBA.

 

[Julie Birb]

@Pyxis
 while I have not dealt with Ebay I did once do some research thinking I might. My decision was that they are a really good idea except for any time sensitive items. They do try to be fair to all parties involved but their rules also create situations like yours where you could end up being the one that looks bad to buyers.

I finally chose to do everything locally and let things fall where they may. I would rather end up giving my eggs to charity, which I do, than to have to deal with that sort of headache

And, feel free to vent anytime.

Yes. Do feel free Pyxis, to vent. What is wrong with some people? That is plain rude. I am sorry you've been going thru this.

 

[needlessjunk]

You guys don't might if I rant for a minute, do you? I made a thread for this in the Random Ramblings section but it's always nice to vent to friends

I've been selling eggs on eBay. I had read accounts of egg sellers getting burned and I probably should have known better after reading threads like this one, but there's really no other place to reach such a large customer base so I went ahead and did it. I hadn't had any problems until recently, when my last two buyers didn't pay. Now, eggs are time sensitive, of course, so I opened an upaid item case (my eBay account is set up to do it automatically after two days go by and I'm not paid).

The first buyer finally pays five days after the auction closes. Now the eggs that I had set aside and ready to ship for them, had they paid when the auction closed like it said to in my auction, couldn't be sent any more, they were too old. So I had to throw them all out. Obviously I can't send eggs I don't have, so I had to wait till the birds laid new eggs to send. While waiting (I had sent two messages to the buyer at this point, the first one asking for payment, the second explaining the situation, and gotten no reply) I received feedback for eggs she hadn't even received from me yet, calling me impatient but saying that the eggs were great. Now, I'm not impatient, firstly. Her delayed payment caused me to have to throw out 14 eggs I would have otherwise sold. Secondly, I hadn't even shipped the eggs yet, so obviously she was leaving me feedback for eggs she bought from someone else. I sent her a message telling her this, again got no reply. Finally got the eggs collected and shipped out yesterday and thought that would be the end of it.

Nope. Today she opened an unreceived item case against me. For the eggs I just sent yesterday. That she had tracking info for and could clearly see that they were sent yesterday. Also included was a message that said "havent received , eggs probaly arent good anymore". That was the whole message. So I responded, again telling her what was going on, that they were shipped yesterday, they were fresh, and they will probably arrive tomorrow. Then I included the tracking number in the case for good measure, in case she decides to try to escalate it to eBay support. So now, even though I've done everything right and the whole thing was caused by her not paying on time, I now have to sit and wait and see if she's going to open a case against me.

Oh, and the second buyer still hasn't paid. If they haven't paid by Tuesday I can close the case against them and be fine, but they have until then to pay, thanks to eBay making you wait at least four days after the first two days you have to wait before you can even open the case. If they pay, I have to send eggs. After already having to throw out the first ones I had set aside.

Phew. Feels good to get that off my chest.

That sucks. Especially since you did nothing wrong. I've heard good and bad things about eBay, usually bad when it comes to eggs too. Hopefully everything goes smoothly.